Mandarin dragonet

[Copper miner AZ]

Anyone ever have their mandarin go carpet surfing, had mine for about 2.5 months and yesterday he went hardwood floor diving. Didn't think they would do something like that. He usually just hung out in the rocks and we might see him once a week on the bottom at the rock edges. Just ****es me off cause he was a small beauty.

 

[reepher315]

I assume its dead.. Sorry for your loss. Could have been chased out? Any bullys in the tank with it?

 

[ahmed_iAM]

Really odd for a mandarin to jump. I've had all my wrasses, gobies and blennies jump at some point, but never my mandarin.

 

[lllesley]

Anyone ever have their mandarin go carpet surfing, had mine for about 2.5 months and yesterday he went hardwood floor diving. Didn't think they would do something like that. He usually just hung out in the rocks and we might see him once a week on the bottom at the rock edges. Just ****es me off cause he was a small beauty.

I had one mandarin jump while trying to escape a Red Coris wrasse chasing it constantly and attacking it. The wrasse had already killed the mated partner (we tried to catch before it killed him) but lost both before we got rid of the wrasse.

 

[BIGD0G]

Check the tank for stray voltage from a powerhead or heater.

 

[aujosh84]

We lost our mandarin to the carpet. He was really healthy and fat too. Not too much later we found 2 mantis shrimps in the tank. I like to put the blame on them.

 

[coralsnaked]

Really odd for a mandarin to jump. I've had all my wrasses, gobies and blennies jump at some point, but never my mandarin.

A Mandarin is a Goby and all Gobiess are jumpers, some more than others. Gobies require a covered tank or like my goby tank a 12" fence.

Bummer!

This is an expert level fish and being this post is in the beginers section ???

 

[Xavibear]

A Mandarin is a Goby and all Gobiess are jumpers, some more than others. Gobies require a covered tank or like my goby tank a 12" fence.

Bummer!

This is an expert level fish and being this post is in the beginers section ???

Mandarins are dragonettes not gobies.

Some fish are more likely than other, but they all can jump.

 

[kw22]

What are the water parameters?and +1 ^^